Legacy of former NAACP head still coming

1:08 PM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Written by

DeWayne Wickham

When Ben Jealous announced Monday that he was cutting short his leadership of the NAACP, a big wave of disappointment, no doubt, will ripple across this nation's civil rights community.

But the feeling of loss that many will have over the departure of the youngest person to ever lead the NAACP, America's oldest and largest civil rights organization, will quickly turn to celebration if Jealous is as successful in his new venture as he has been at the NAACP's helm.

While Jealous says his decision to leave the NAACP presidency - a position he assumed five years ago at the age of 35 - is rooted largely ...